#BEtennis Women'sChampionship Quarterfinals Deliver Competitive Matchups
St. John's/Georgetown Results | DePaul/Creighton Results | Marquette/Villanova Results | Xavier/Seton Hall Results
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CAYCE, S.C. - The top-four seeds all advanced through to Saturday's semifinals of the 2018 BIG EAST Women's Tennis Championship, presented by Jeep, at the Cayce Tennis and Fitness Center.
Following a 75-minute delay due to wet courts, the first three women's matches got underway at 10:15 a.m. ET.
No. 3 Marquette wasted no time against No. 6 Villanova as Paula Tormos Sanchez and Andrea Amortegui bested Lexi DeNucci and Kaylan Rotman, 6-1, while Lesley Foe and Milica Novakovic clinched the doubles point over Claudia Althans and Paulina Bajet, 6-4.
In singles action, courts two, three and four finished in straight-set victories, favoring the Golden Eagles, with Natalija Popovic, Fleur Eggink and Novakovic securing the shutout.
In the 2-7 matchup, Creighton and DePaul found themselves in a dog fight during doubles action, with DePaul taking a victory on court three and Creighton evening the match with a win at No. 2 doubles. With all eyes turned to court one, the Bluejays' duo of Ashley Ishimura and Michaela Henne earned a 7-6 (3) tiebreaker over Keisha Clousing and Patricia Lancranjan to head into singles play holding the 1-point advantage.
Trailing by one, DePaul rounded out four consecutive straight-set victories to advance to Saturday's semifinal matchup against Marquette, scheduled to hit off at 9 a.m.
In the top-half of the bracket, the top-ranked Johnnies edged out No. 9 Georgetown 4-2 to advance to the semifinals.
After dropping the doubles-point, Georgetown quickly evened the match at No. 6 singles, when Sydney Goodson defeated Kajsa Stegrell 6-0, 6-2.
At No. 5 singles, Irina Preotescu got the Red Storm back out in front when she took down Casey Marx, 6-3, 6-1, before No. 109 Jessica Livianu picked up a straight-set victory over Risa Nakagawa, 6-4, 6-2.
After Georgetown's Daphne De Chatellus brought the Hoyas' within one, following a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Zofia Stanisz, the Johnnies closed out the match with Olaya Inlcan Solis winning the second set tiebreaker over Sara Swift to secure the clinch.
In the lone afternoon game, on the women's side, No. 4 Xavier knocked off No. 5 Seton Hall 4-1. After securing the doubles point, Xavier picked up wins at No. 3, 4 and 6 singles to advance to Saturday's semifinal matchup against St. John's.
Stats for Saturday's matches can be found
here.
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